It's 33 playoff games in a Rangers uniform now, and just four goals

LOS ANGELES – Rick Nash remains polite through it all, especially now that the number of people surrounding him has quadrupled, or more.

He's not scoring. He's done other things, and done a lot of those things well, and he says those are important, and they are.

But he's not scoring, as if he doesn't know it. It's 33 playoff games in a Rangers uniform now, and four goals — one in a loss to Boston last spring, three in the Eastern final against Montreal this May.

"I've got to find a way to finish some of those chances," Nash said about his Game 1, when he was one of the players, most likely, that coach Alain Vigneault said "need to bring their 'A' game."

"Just get to the inside, try to get some better opportunities, better chances," Nash went on. "I think our line has to establish more of a forecheck. I thought we had a good first period, had some chances. After that, we just had too many turnovers.

"We spent the second half of the game in our end, and me and (Chris Kreider), we have to be better in their end."

Moore back in: Vigneault wouldn't say, but based on Friday's practice, defenseman John Moore will return from his two-game suspension and replace Raphael Diaz in Game 2 Saturday night.

Vigneault said that nothing has changed with goalie Cam Talbot's undisclosed injury status, that he remains out day-to-day. So David LeNeveu will back up Henrik Lundqvist in Game 2. Forward J.T. Miller, who suffered what appeared to be a shoulder injury in the Montreal series, is available, though he's not expected to be in the Game 2 lineup.

Kings coach Darryl Sutter said that defenseman Robyn Regehr, who has missed 14 games with an injury, will probably play Game 2.

Gone, but not forgotten: When you have masses of media in one spot, a story line never seems to die. So it was with Dan Girardi, who was cast as the goat in Game 1 when a puck bounced over his stick, he fell down and had his pass picked off, ending up in the winning goal in overtime.

On Friday, Girardi said it was great the way his teammates rallied around him, and that it would have been the same for anybody on the team.

"That's the type of team we are. Everybody's got each other's back," he said.

He was asked if he had been able to put the moment behind him.

"Well," Girardi said, "it was gone until this morning. Until right now. … You've got to move on."